Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

As genteel Miss Alice Maybell enters the Vale of Carwell, she notices, in a passing carriage, a tall, mysterious female who stirs in her a chilling sense of foreboding. Alice is plunged into a tale of rural terror, centred on Carwell Grange, the place where Alice spent her orphaned childhood.

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